Comparison

Kind Quests vs down?

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kind Quests

Connect with others for real-life activities like fitness, study sessions, or adventures. Create or join quests, chat with matches, and make plans happen. Focuses on genuine interactions over endless online conversations.

Highlights
  • Create and share real-life activity quests
  • Browse nearby quests
  • Join quests that interest you
  • In-app messaging for planning
  • User reporting and blocking
  • Community guidelines for safety
Features
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Kind Quests helps people connect through real-life activities. Whether you want a gym buddy, someone to try a new coffee shop with, a study partner, a hiking companion, or a group for your next adventure, Kind Quests makes it easy to find people who are up for the same thing. HOW IT WORKS • Create a quest and share what you want to do • Browse quests happening nearby • Offer to join quests that interest you • Review offers and choose who joins • Chat after matching and make plans happen POPULAR QUESTS • Coffee hangouts • Fitness and wellness • Food and drinks • Study sessions • Creative projects • Adventures • Entertainment • Social activities FEATURES • Phone verification • Profile interests • In-app messaging • Quest matching • User reporting and blocking • Community guidelines designed around safety and respect Kind Quests is built for people who want more real-life experiences and fewer endless online conversations. What are you up to?

About

down?

Easily plan group hangouts without the chaos of endless group chats. Float an idea, see who's available, and finalize plans in a dedicated thread. Turns casual "we should hang out" into actual events.

Highlights
  • Float hangouts in seconds
  • Invite friends via text link
  • One-tap RSVP (in/can't)
  • Real-time availability view
  • Dedicated hangout chat threads
  • Polls for deciding spots
  • Final plan confirmation
Features
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"We should hang out sometime" never happens. down? makes it happen. Float an idea, friends tap if they're down, and the plan comes together in one place. No group-chat chaos, no endless back-and-forth. Just from "maybe" to "see you there." HOW IT WORKS - Float a hangout in seconds. Toss out a day, a rough time (morning, evening, late), and a vibe. Or drop the exact plan if you already know it. - Invite friends with a tap. They get a text with a link. - They tap one button: in or can't. Friends RSVP straight from the link, no app to install first. - See who's down in real time as replies roll in. - Sort out the spot in the hangout's own chat. Start a poll to settle it, react, and hash out the details in one thread instead of five group chats. - Set the day and place, and everyone gets the plan. See you there. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Effortless. Built for "just toss it out there," not heavy event planning. - No dead group chats where plans go to die. Every hangout has its own thread. - Can't decide the spot? Start a poll and let the crew vote. - See the whole crew's status at a glance: who's down, who's out. - Anyone can move the plan forward. No waiting on one person to organize it. Whether it's a Friday food run, a weekend brunch, or a last-minute drinks night, down? turns "we should" into "we're doing it."

Screenshots

Kind Quests4 screens
down?4 screens

Verdict

The call

Kind Quests and down? are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kind Quests against 5.0 for down?. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kind Quests ships an update every 4 days, down? every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Kind Quests versus down?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKind Questsdown?
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB49 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperKind Quests LLCDaniel In

Customer experience

Kind Quests

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

down?

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kind Quests

No in-app purchases

None

down?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kind Quests free?
Kind Quests is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is down? free?
down? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kind Quests or down??
Kind Quests and down? are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Kind Quests or down? have ads?
Neither Kind Quests nor down? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kind Quests or down??
Kind Quests ships an update every 4 days, and down? every 3 days. Most recently, Kind Quests was updated on November 5, 2026 and down? on October 31, 2026.

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